''Carbo load every day and drink up every night,'' my friend advised me. Most people think that studying abroad entails inebriated nights only remembered through tagged photos on Facebook. And they could not be more right. With the drinking age only set at 18, it is hard to resist the temptation to buy booze and throw back beers at bars and clubs. After all, studying abroad is a semester of partying. But after a recently daunting event where a boy on the program drunkenly climbed over his balcony fence and fell four stories, my mindset is starting to shift.
Am I acting wreckless? I am nervous that my carefree Italian attitude, and love of alcohol, might get me into more trouble than a regrettable romantic decision. People clearly act stupidly when under the influence and always think that nothing bad will ever happen to them (me included). But when it does happen, the rules change. And I think the laws should too. While studying abroad, students can either further their alcoholism or start it. It wouldn't be terrible to take precautionary measures against students' alcohol conspumption. I don't mean that it should not be allowed, but perhaps there is a happy medium that could be reached without being overbearing. Am I wrong?
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